English noun: shoulder joint |
1. | shoulder joint (body) a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula |
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| Synonyms | articulatio humeri, shoulder |
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| Broader (hypernym) | articulatio spheroidea, ball-and-socket joint, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, spheroid joint |
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| Part holonym | arteria circumflexa humeri, arteria circumflexa scapulae, circumflex humeral artery, circumflex scapular artery, rotator cuff, scapula, shoulder blade, shoulder bone |
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| Part meronym | body, torso, trunk |
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